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Tour Historic
Louisburg,
North Carolina
Walk,
Bike, or
Drive
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Tour Historic
Louisburg,
North Carolina
Walk, Bike, or Drive
Tar River Center for History
and Culture Foundation, Inc.
louisburg, n.c.
2015
A Word about This Publication
This historic tour booklet is the first imprint of the
Tar River Center for History and Culture (trchc) at
Louisburg College, which was established in 2013
by President Mark D. La Branche. The trchc works
with local governments, private organizations,
educational institutions, and individuals in the
Upper Tar River region of North Carolina to develop
the area’s historical and cultural assets, to foster
economic development, and to promote knowledge
of the past. The text is based on information compiled by Vickie E. Mason for The Historic District of
Louisburg, North Carolina (Louisburg, N.C.: Town of
Louisburg, 1990). Town Administrator Mark Warren
graciously gave the trchc permission to draw
upon Ms. Mason’s work. This was supplemented by
research undertaken by Lucy T. Allen, Sharon Billings, John Pitts Launey, and Drucilla H. York. Mrs.
York took the photographs of tour properties. The
entries that follow the brief history of Louisburg are
keyed by number to the foldout map at the end of
the publication, which was designed by Michael T.
Southern. Users with limited time may wish to take
the short tour (entries 1–11). Others may have time
to take the long tour (entries 12–41) or to visit all of
the properties. Enjoy your stay in Louisburg, and
please come back often!
For more information about the Tar River Center
for History and Culture, visit our Web site (http://
www.louisburg.edu/tarrivercenter), find us on Facebook, or call (919) 497-3252.
Maurice C. York
Director
© Copyright 2015
Tar River Center for History
and Culture Foundation, Inc.
Tar River Center for History and Culture
Imprint No. 1
A Brief History of Louisburg
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istoric Louisburg features buildings dating
from throughout the town’s history; many
reflect architectural styles that were popular during
times of relative prosperity. In 1779, the North Caro
lina General Assembly enacted a law that divided
Bute County into Franklin and Warren counties.
The same year, legislators authorized commissioners to establish Lewisburg as the county seat of
Franklin County. Early documents refer to this new
town as Lewisburg and Louisburg. Situated near an
established ford on the Tar River and on an important road running from Virginia to present-day
Fayetteville and points south, Louisburg could be
reached by additional roads from Halifax and Hills
borough. In addition to serving the county’s legal
needs, Louisburg developed as the trading center
for a county whose principal agricultural commodities were cotton, tobacco, wheat, and livestock. The
primary markets for these products were Petersburg
and Richmond.
Patewills (or Pate Wills) Milner, whose small
Georgian-style home was located northeast of
the intersection of present-day Cedar and Nash
streets, sold 100 acres of land for the development
of the town. The commissioners who oversaw the
establishment of Louisburg set aside 22 ¼ acres
for a town common on the north side of the property. It was here that Franklin Male Academy
(opened 1805) and Louisburg Female Academy
(opened 1815) were established. It is thought that
Louisburg Female College and Louisburg Male Academy, 1882
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Louisburg Methodist Church
around 1789, Milner’s son, Wilson, constructed the
Georgian-style home that today comprises the south
wing of the Person Place, located just north of this
town common.
The Louisburg area was a center of Methodism.
The first annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was held at the home of Green Hill in
1785. Dr. John King and his descendants played a
prominent role in the growth of this denomination
in the region.
Like North Carolina, Louisburg experienced a
measure of prosperity during much of the antebellum period. The production of cotton and tobacco
supported this economic upswing. Most early buildings were of mortise and tenon frame construction,
but on occasion a few public and private buildings
were constructed of brick. Amid this time, William
P. Williams built a two-story Federal-style frame
addition to the Person Place, and Peyton Brown constructed a substantial brick home on Church Street.
A number of large frame Greek Revival-style homes
appeared along Main Street. Louisburg Female
College in 1857 completed a four-story brick building
on the site of the female academy, which was moved
to a nearby location. Albert G. Jones, a builder from
Warren County, oversaw the construction of the
college building and several residences in town.
Although the Civil War had a negative impact on
the local economy, Louisburg experienced no action
during the conflict. On May 1, 1865, just after the
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suspension of hostilities, thousands of soldiers in
General William T. Sherman’s Army of the Tennessee marched into town. They camped in the Louisburg Male Academy and Louisburg Female College
groves before continuing their trek from Raleigh
to Washington, D.C. A Civil War Trails marker on
the Louisburg College campus commemorates this
event.
Facilitated by the opening in 1885 of a spur line of
the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad from Franklinton
to Louisburg, considerable development took place
in Louisburg during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. Cotton remained a key commodity in the local economy, but the production,
sale, and processing of tobacco became increasingly
important, attracting new citizens with experience
in this field. Much of the industrial development
associated with these two crops took place near the
railroad depot that overlooked the south bank of
the river. The population grew from 730 in 1880 to
1,954 in 1920. In 1905, a particularly productive year,
the town completed an electric plant, opened a new
graded school, and began work on a new municipal
reservoir and pumping station. Partly in response
to fires that destroyed portions of the downtown,
merchants built new brick stores. Residents continued to build handsome residences, most of them of
frame construction and many reflecting the Queen
Anne, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman styles.
The Baptist, Episcopal, and Methodist congrega-
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tions completed new churches during this period.
Louisburg Female College constructed several new
buildings between 1913 and 1929. Among those
responsible for many of the structures dating from
after the turn of the twentieth century were Masey
Frank Houck, a builder who also owned a brick
manufacturing company, and Marion Stuart Davis,
a local architect.
The Great Depression and World War II had a major impact on Louisburg’s development. It was not
until after the war that significant residential development resumed in areas contiguous to the town’s
original boundaries. Although the central business
district continued to host county and municipal
offices, the construction of Bickett Boulevard in the
1950s fostered significant commercial development
along that thoroughfare.
In 1986, the Town of Louisburg completed a survey of the town’s historic buildings; the following
year, the Louisburg Historic District was added to
the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the
town’s Historic Preservation Commission works to
ensure that Louisburg’s important architectural
resources are maintained for the enjoyment of residents and visitors.
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Tour Properties
(keyed by number to foldout map at back of booklet)
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1.Franklin Male Academy
Cedar Street (Louisburg College Campus) – 1804
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Chartered first in 1787 and again in 1802, Franklin
Male Academy opened on January 1, 1805, in this
two-story transitional Georgian- and Federal-style
frame building. Matthew Dickinson, a recent
graduate of Yale College, served as the first preceptor or principal. Later known as Louisburg Male
Academy, the school remained a private institution
until 1905, when construction of the new Louisburg
Graded School required moving the academy to its
present site. An exhibit, “Franklin Male Academy: A
Century of Commitment to Education, 1805–1905,”
and period furnishings complement this restored
building.
2.Main Building (Louisburg College)
501 North Main Street – 1857
Main Building at Louisburg College stands on the
site of the former Louisburg Female Seminary.
Albert G. Jones, a noted regional builder from Warren County, constructed it for the newly chartered
Louisburg Female College. This impressive brick
Greek Revival-style building rises three stories
on a raised basement and features a monumental
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Doric portico. The college opened August 5, 1857.
Tobacco magnate Washington Duke purchased the
college in 1891. His son, Benjamin Duke, transferred ownership of the college in 1907 to the North
Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church. The
school became a co-educational institution in 1931.
Today, Louisburg College is the oldest two-year
church-related college in the United States and
enrolls approximately 700 students.
3.Arthur W. Person House
Built for A. W. Person (1880–1969), a cotton broker,
this Colonial Revival-style dwelling with coved
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midal roof with dormers and a wraparound porch
supported by Doric columns. The central entrance
has single-paned sidelights beneath a patterned
transom. The dwelling was restored in 2013 as an
honors residence for female students at Louisburg
College and named for E. Carroll Joyner.
4. Person Place
605 North Main Street – ca. 1789–1830
The Person Place is inextricably connected to the
history of Louisburg and of Louisburg College. The
property on which the house stands once belonged
to Patewills Milner. When he died in 1788, one of his
five sons, Wilson, inherited 149 acres north and east
of the town. It is thought that Wilson Milner soon
constructed the small Georgian-style house that
now comprises the south wing of the Person Place.
Matthew Dickinson, the first preceptor of Franklin
Male Academy, acquired the property in 1807 and
sold it a year later. William P. Williams, a wealthy
landowner and legislator from Warren County,
purchased the house in 1822 and is thought to have
built the two-story Federal addition around 1830.
Asher H. Ray, headmaster of Louisburg Male Academy, acquired the property in 1845. He lived here
with his wife, Jane, who operated Louisburg Female
Academy. Thomas Arrington Person purchased the
property in 1858. It remained in the Person fami4
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ly’s possession until 1970, when it was acquired by
Louisburg College. The Person Place Preservation
Society, established in 1979, restored the house and
continues to maintain it.
5.John W. King House
615 North Main Street – ca. 1900
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Merchant John William King (1866–1928), a direct
descendant of Dr. John King, a pioneer of Methodism in America, had this late-Victorian-style house
built for his family. Distinctive features include a
pyramidal roof with multiple gables faced with decorative shingles; and a one-story porch with gablefront entrance and robust turned work: spindle
frieze, posts, and balustrade.
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6.Nicholson-Bickett-Taylor House
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Combining late Victorian and Queen Anne styles,
this house was built for Dr. William H. Nicholson. It
exhibits a distinctive tall central tower and a flanking polygonal bay, as well as decorative use of sawn
and turned detailing: shingles, brackets, and balustrades. Nicholson sold it in 1901 to Thomas Walter
(1869–1921) and Fannie Yarborough (1870–1941)
Bickett. Thomas Bickett, a lawyer, served as the
state’s governor from 1917 until 1921. A local lumberman, George Taylor, purchased the house in 1919.
His family retained it until 1974, when Louisburg
College bought it for its presidents. The college later
sold the property.
7.Barrow-Wilson House
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This late Victorian-style dwelling with slate roof
was built on a two-acre lot purchased by Pattie Ballard, the wife of Joseph J. Barrow (1860–1924), who
served first as Louisburg’s postmaster and later as
clerk of the Superior Court of Franklin County. Distinguished by a projecting two-story central gable, it
has a porch exhibiting ornate sawnwork balustrade
and posts with drop pendant brackets.
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8.Shaw-Ragland House
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In 1930, Chester A. Ragland (1886–1943), a road
contractor who helped to pave the streets of Louisburg and built some 200 miles of roads in Franklin
County, had this Dutch Colonial Revival-style brick
house built by hiring local architect M. S. Davis and
master carpenter William H. Edens to remodel the
former home of J. K. Shaw. A distinctive gambrel
roof with shed-roof dormers defines this dwelling, which also features an engaged porch and a
sunroom with attached porte cochere, all of which
exhibit robust Tuscan columns. Plain flat clay tiles
sheathe the main roof.
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9.Aaron Tonkel House
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Born in Latvia, Aaron Tonkel (1886–1952), a Jewish merchant, settled in Louisburg with his wife
Frances in the early twentieth century and established a department store in 1923. He had this Tudor
Revival-style brick home built by William H. Edens.
Typically, a massive stone chimney and a projecting
gable with flared roofline define the front façade.
Diamond-patterned panes accent its windows, and
a round arched batten door with medieval-style
hinges highlights the entrance.
10.Dr. Ellis Malone House
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Builder Albert G. Jones began this Greek
Revival-style dwelling around 1855 for Ellis Malone
(1805–1877), a physician. Owing to a financial setback, Jones did not finish the house; this was done
by Thomas Raney. Original features include molded
and fluted corner pilasters with a spool motif characteristic of the work of Jones and a central front
entrance with transom and sidelights. Cornerblocks
with rondels accent the principal door and window
surrounds. Alterations made to the façade in the late
nineteenth century include two front-facing gables
and a new porch.
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11. Davis-Allen-Ford House
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Built prior to 1861 for lawyer Joseph Jonathan Davis
(1828–1892), this house with central tower and
deep cornices reflects the Italianate style popular in
North Carolina during the mid-nineteenth century.
Davis served in the U.S. House of Representatives
(1875–1881) and on the N.C. Supreme Court (1887–
1892). His daughter Mamie Allen inherited the
property, which remained in the family until 1946.
Purchased by Charles Ford, grandson of George W.
Ford, one of Louisburg’s most active early twentieth
century businessmen, it remains within his family.
To the south of the house stand important outbuildings: a smokehouse and garage.
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12.First Baptist Church
411 Spring Street – 1925
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Built for a black congregation, this brick church
stands on a raised foundation, with stairs leading
to flanking side entrances: a three-stage bell tower
with crenellated parapet and an opposing modest
side entry. A projecting front gable containing notable stained-glass windows dominates the central
pyramidal roof. This structure replaced the original
frame church built ca. 1836 by local Baptists. Until
after the Civil War, the congregation consisted of
both whites and blacks. Its African American members purchased the site in 1873.
13.Patterson-Pinnell House and Office
406–408 Spring Street – ca. 1820–1843
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This one-and-one-half-story Federal-style frame
dwelling with hall-and-parlor plan and separate
one-room office were built for the Patterson family
on Main Street. Margaret C. Patterson in 1850 sold
a lot at the corner of Main and Noble streets for a
new Methodist church, and between 1862 and 1896
these were used as a parsonage and pastor’s study.
The church sold both structures and their current
lot in 1896 to Polly Pinnell, who moved them.
Sheathed with beaded weatherboards, the dwelling
features interior elements typical of the Federal
period: an enclosed stair, mantels, wainscoting, and
six-paneled doors with H-L hinges.
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14.Allen-Bruton House
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Felix Hill Allen (1870–1938), who owned a cotton
gin and other businesses, hired Samuel Harris, a
black carpenter, to build this house, possibly under
the supervision of M. Frank Houck. It combines
notable Queen Anne and Colonial Revival features,
including wraparound porch with Tuscan columns
and semicircular portico, decorative stained-glass
windows, and dentil cornices.
15.Brown-Boddie-Allen House
Built for dry goods merchant Peyton J. Brown
(1805–1885), this frame dwelling is one of the finest
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examples in Louisburg of the Greek Revival style.
Typically two stories tall, with a low hip roof and
center-hall plan, it features on the exterior classically derived tall baseboards, paneled corner
pilasters, and a cornice with paneled frieze. Samuel
Perry Boddie (1880–1936), a pharmacist, bought it
in 1904.
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16.Louisburg Baptist Church
302 North Main Street – 1901–1904
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Designed by Charles W. Barrett of the firm of
Barrett and Thomson, Architects of Raleigh, this
Romanesque-style brick church is dominated by a
three-stage corner bell tower with ornate doubledoor entrance and typical semicircular headed
bays. The interior contains handsome stained-glass
windows, stained woodwork, a vaulted ceiling, and a
serpentine balcony. Construction began in July 1900,
and the first service was held April 21, 1901.
17. Williamson House
401 Cedar Street – ca. 1858
This well-preserved one-story Greek Revival-style
plantation house was built for Temperance Perry
Williamson, the widow of John N. Williamson. Typically, it exhibits a two-room-deep center-hall plan
and features a primary hip roof and small hip-roof
porch with Doric fluted pilasters and posts. A brick
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in the foundation bears the name of P. W. Motley
and the year 1858. The daughter of Jeremiah Perry,
owner of Cascine Plantation in Franklin County,
Temperance moved to Louisburg from Covington,
Georgia, after her husband’s death. She lived here
with her two sons, John P. and Benjamin, and
farmed this Fox Swamp tract comprising 85 acres.
Among the 94 slaves Temperance owned in 1860
was John H. Williamson, who after the Civil War
became a prominent state legislator and newspaper
editor. The house remained in the Williamson family until 1998, when it was purchased and restored
by Dean Ruedrich and Cynthia Satterfield. The couple moved the ca. 1800 rural law office of Alexander
Falconer from its original location several miles
north of town.
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18.Walker-Fleming-Wilder-Taylor House
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This tripartite dwelling was constructed for the
family of Rebecca Walker. John B. Bobbitt, principal of Louisburg Male Academy, lived here from
1831 to 1850. In 1903, Samuel Wilder, an employee
of the American Tobacco Company, purchased the
house and enlarged it to its present form prior to
1922. Chimneys exhibit original cut granite blocks
with brick additions at the north and south elevations.
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19.Capt. R. F. Yarborough House
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M. Frank Houck built this house for Richard Fenner
Yarborough (1834–1910), a Civil War veteran and
respected businessman. Distinctive features include
gables with fan motifs and an engaged porch with
central balcony and flanking dormers. Half-timber
designs highlight each side elevation.
20.Collie-Best-Taylor House
209 North Main Street – 1903–1904
This one-and-one-half-story Queen Anne-style
dwelling features paired segmental arch windows
and fan woodwork motifs typically associated with
contractor M. Frank Houck. Built for James R. Collie,
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a tobacconist and member of the board of trustees of
the Louisburg Graded School system, it was purchased in 1925 by Edward Leigh Best, the first superintendent of the Franklin County schools.
21.Julia P. Scott House
105 Sunset Avenue – ca. 1925
This one-and-one-half-story, three-bay Craftsman
brick bungalow is sheltered beneath a side-gable
roof and is dominated by a projecting gable-front
porch with low, extended eaves and brick balustrade. It exhibits both gable-front and shed-roof
dormers. Staggered-patterned shingling faces each
gable and dormer. The house was built for Julia P.
Scott (1877–1979), the daughter of W. H. Pleasants,
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Sr. and owner of a ladies’ clothing store. The property includes a fallout shelter built during the Cold
War era for Gen. Edward F. Griffin, the husband of
Mildred Scott Griffin.
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22.Circuit Riders Parsonage
210 Church Street – ca. 1810
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One of the earliest extant houses in Louisburg, this
dwelling is thought by local historians to have been
built on a different site by Daniel Blue, a wheelwright, for rental purposes. Later, it was used to
accommodate Methodist Episcopal circuit riders
in the Tar River Circuit. A pastor of the Louisburg
Baptist Church, Charles A. Jenkins, lived here in
the late 1870s. The house possibly was a one-room
dwelling that soon was enlarged to two, with exterior end chimneys and an enclosed corner stair.
Hand-planed boards sheath all ceilings and attic
walls. Typical late-nineteenth-century additions are
the front gable, boxed cornices with returns, and
beadboard wainscoting.
23.Odum-Fuller House
This picturesque one-story Queen Anne-style
dwelling with unusual corner entrance was built
for Maggie and Elijah Odum (1859–1919), a local
dry goods merchant, shortly after they purchased
the lot for $500. It was later owned by Neva and
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Festus Fuller, a merchant and postal employee. The
pyramidal roof features projecting pedimented gables and wraparound porch with turned posts and
balustrade.
24.Thomas-Johnson-Beasley House
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Built as a one-story dwelling for James A. Thomas,
editor of The Franklin Times, this was later the home
of his daughter, Sadie, and her husband, Asher F.
Johnson, also editor of The Franklin Times. Joseph
C. Beasley, a farmer, bought the house in the 1920s.
He added the second story and extended the porch
around 1925.
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25.Brown-Brummitt-Wheless House
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Initially constructed as a tripartite house for merchant Peyton J. Brown, this dwelling stands as the
oldest brick home in Louisburg. Sold in 1861 to John
Ruffin Brummitt (d. 1873), an architect and undertaker, and in 1905 to Dona Wheless (1880–1956),
wife of Frank Wheless (1872–1947), a dry goods
merchant, it was enlarged to its present two-story
form around 1910. The house includes a boldly paneled double-door entrance. Bull’s-eye corner blocks
accent each lintel and variations record development.
26.Frank Reid Pleasants House
Frank Reid Pleasants (1876–1954), a druggist,
built this asymmetrical Queen Anne-style house.
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Features include corbel-capped interior chimneys,
a wraparound porch, and a two-story gallery along
the north side.
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27.William H. Pleasants, Jr. House
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Merchant William H. Pleasants, Jr. (1869–1918) built
this as a one-story house and then added a second
story ca. 1910. Distinguishing features include a projecting central gable, two stepped-single-shoulder
chimneys, and front porch with central entrance.
W. H. Pleasants, Sr. (1833–1906), a merchant and
former Louisburg mayor, was the father of Reid and
William Pleasants.
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28.Pleasants-Yarborough House
213 Church Street – 1927
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This Georgian Revival-style brick-veneered house
was designed by Raleigh architect Howard Satterfield and constructed by William H. Edens for
Missouri Alston Pleasants, the widow of W. H. Pleasants, Jr. Features include a distinctive slate-covered
hip roof and flanking frame one-story wings, each
crowned with a Chippendale balustrade. To the
rear stands its original brick garage. The house was
purchased by R. F. Yarborough in 1972.
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29.W. Norwood Fuller House
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Built by William Norwood and Lena Fuller, this
impressive two-story brick Colonial Revival-style
dwelling has a flanking one-story sun room and
a two-story wing. A companion brick garage is
located at the rear of this corner lot. Serving as
Franklin County Accountant from 1932 to 1939,
Fuller (1890–1941) supervised the remodeling of the
Franklin County Courthouse in the late 1930s.
30.Lola Jackson Jeffress House
Lola Jackson, a bank bookkeeper, built this twostory house around 1930, the year she married
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Thorton Jeffress. The low-hip roof and exaggerated
offset of the porch reflect the popularity of the
Prairie style and massing of the American Foursquare.
31.Alsbrook-McKinne-Washington House
401 Sunset Avenue – ca. 1913–1919
This frame Craftsman-style bungalow with shingle
details was erected for N. B. Alsbrook. It was sold in
1919 to David F. McKinne (1878–1965), part-owner
of McKinne Brothers hardware, and purchased in
1940 by Samuel Washington. Features include an
engaged porch with porte cochere, an elongated
shed-roof dormer, and a central entrance with sidelights and transom containing small multi-panes.
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Most double-sash windows have twenty-four-overone lights.
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32.William R. King House
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This Greek Revival/Italianate-style dwelling was
erected for Dr. William Richmond King (1814–1888),
a Louisburg physician, as the domestic center of
his 120-acre plantation. Originally located west of
the town’s limits at the terminus of Middle Street
(now Sunset Avenue), the house had a circular drive
and faced the Williamson House, four blocks to the
east. Having purchased a portion of the property
from Mary King in December 1912, James Turner
soon moved the house here as he was developing
the street. The dwelling exhibits an unusual inset
corner porch and entry, ornate bracketed cornice,
and fluted Doric corner posts.
33.Malcolm McKinne House
Malcolm McKinne, part-owner of McKinne Brothers hardware, had this home built next door to his
brother’s. This Colonial Revival-style, two-story
frame dwelling with hip roof and modillion block
cornice has a side porch, a diminutive central
portico with its original side benches, and flanking bay windows, all of which are one story. The
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entrance features a six-panel door, fanlight, and
sidelights.
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34.McKinne-Beasley-Beam House
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Designed by M. S. Davis for Frank McKinne,
part-owner of McKinne Brothers hardware, this
two-story, double-pile frame dwelling is squarely
proportioned, with hip roof, a full-façade hip-roof
one-story porch, and side port cochere. Its central
entrance features a leaded-glass transom and sidelights. All double-sash windows have one-over-one
lights. The property includes a contemporary auto
house and shed.
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35.St. Paul’s Episcopal Church & Parsonage
305 Church Street
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Organized in 1845, the congregation purchased this
property in 1852, built its first church in 1853, and in
1895 built next door this substantial Queen Annestyle parsonage. Decorative saw-tooth shingles
sheathe the exterior of the second floor and dormer. The Gothic-Revival-style church, designed by
Charles W. Barrett of Barrett and Thomson, Architects in Raleigh, replaced the original, outgrown
church in 1900. It is cruciform in plan, with a porch
featuring a two-stage corner bell tower and arcade.
Local stone, shingling, and a combination of round
and pointed arch windows highlight the exterior.
The interior contains stained-glass windows and
Gothic-Revival dark-stained woodwork.
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36.Shine-King House
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Built on a raised Flemish-bond brick foundation,
this dwelling is one of the oldest in Louisburg and
is associated with the family of Sarah Long Shine
(1760–1846), a key figure in local civic and religious
life. Dr. Robert E. King, a dentist, purchased it in
1891 and then had it expanded to its present size by
1901. It features a clipped gable roof, a central dormer, and gable ends with decorative shingles.
37.Hughes-Watson-Wheless House
Contractor M. Frank Houck began this handsome
Queen Anne-style dwelling for Col. William T.
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Hughes, a merchant and tobacconist from Virginia,
in 1899. A distinctive wraparound porch features
Tuscan columns resting on frame pedestals and a
turned balustrade. The pyramidal roof is distinguished by dormers and projecting gables, some of
which include fan motifs typical of Houck. At the
curb stands the only surviving carriage mounting
block in Louisburg. Directly behind this house
at 306 Church Street, William’s brother, A. Clark
Hughes, a hardware merchant, had Houck build his
dwelling with similar details.
38.Fuller-Malone-Parham House
Builder Albert G. Jones constructed this Greek
Revival-style suburban villa for Jones Fuller, a cotton broker and merchant, and his wife, Anna Long
Thomas, a noted local diarist. Their son, Edwin Wiley Fuller (1847–1876), a graduate of the University
of Virginia, published the book-length poem, Angel
in the Cloud (1871) and a novel, Sea-Gift (1873). Originally, the property included nearly the entire block,
with the house centrally located and approached
by an elaborate lane that circled at the dwelling’s
entrance, a remnant of which survives. The twostory frame dwelling, with hip roof and one-story
hip-roof porch, incorporates a spool design motif in
its porch and corner pilasters that is identified with
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the work of Jones. Local tradition maintains that the
house incorporates an earlier dwelling owned by
Jordan and Ann Long Thomas.
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39.Bailey-Yarborough House
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This Queen Anne-style house was built for William
Bailey, founder/president of Farmers and Merchants
Bank, one of Louisburg’s first banks. William Henry
Yarborough (1870–1943), a local attorney, purchased
the house in 1913. Distinctive features include a circular tower with bell-cast roof capped with a metal
finial, massive central chimney, and wraparound
porch. The house exhibits decorative woodwork:
shingle patterns, fan motifs, and paired columns in
combination with an openwork balustrade. Tradition maintains that the one-story servants quarters
to the rear initially housed carpenters working on
the site, which originally included a cistern and
7,500-gallon water tower.
40.W. Perry Neal House
Barrett and Thomson, Architects of Raleigh designed this two-story frame dwelling for dry goods
merchant Willie Perry Neal (1860–1909). Its present
porch, an addition made between 1914 and 1922,
features a projecting gable entrance with paired
posts and brackets that form a Gothic Revival-style
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motif. A notable hip-roof outbuilding stands at the
rear.
41.Louisburg United Methodist Church
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Benjamin D. Price, an architect in Philadelphia
who was associated with the Methodist Episcopal
Church’s Board of Church Extension and author of
Church Plans, designed this brick church, which
is distinguished by flanking entrance towers with
broach spires. The southwest one is a taller, threestory bell tower. The interior features notable
stained glass windows and woodwork. Construction
commenced in 1899, and the first service was held
on July 13, 1900.
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42.St. Matthias’ Episcopal Church
Junction of South Main and Seaboard Streets – 1894
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This church grew out of the efforts of Henry Beard
Delany of Raleigh, who from 1889 until 1904 served
the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina as a member of the Commission for Work among Colored
People. According to the 1893 annual report of the
diocese, a lot near the Tar River had been purchased
for a church and construction was underway. Workmen completed the church the following year, and
Delany conducted the first service in St. Matthias’
Chapel on May 18, 1894. The congregation sponsored a school nearby for African American children. By 1919, St. Matthias’ School was considered
the largest parish school in the Diocese of North
Carolina.
43.Franklin County Training School
53 West River Road – 1951
After WWII, many Franklin County black military
veterans, who had been conscripted without being
allowed to finish high school, returned to the United
States with few marketable skills. They learned
building and carpentry skills by donating their
time to the construction of this ten-bay, side-gable,
single-pile brick building that has a shed-roof porch
running the full length of the façade, with the
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promise that they would then be educated in other
vocational skills here. Known as the Porch Building,
it has been in continuous use, first as a vocational
and technical training center, then as classrooms for
Riverside Union School and Louisburg Elementary,
and, currently, as part of the administrative services
of the Franklin County Schools. A “Carpenter’s
Wheel” quilt block on the end of the building commemorates the contribution of these veterans.
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44.Green Hill House
Near Junction of S.R. 1760 and 1761 –
late 18th century
Probably built for Green Hill (1741–1826), a Methodist minister and Revolutionary War leader, this
structure is a remarkably well-preserved one33
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and-one-half-story Georgian plantation house. A
Heritage Landmark of the United Methodist Church,
the house was the site of the first annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1785).
Distinctive features include a full raised basement
laid in Flemish bond, narrow dormers on the front
and back of the steeply pitched gable roof, and a
double-shoulder chimney laid in Flemish bond.
Interior woodwork includes heavy molded architraves, flat-paneled wainscot, molded chair rails,
and Federal-era mantels. A basement kitchen with
fireplaces remains in use today. The house is a private residence.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Botts
James Bryan Cash
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Elliott
First Citizens Bank
Franklin County
Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. La Branche
Louisburg College
Mr. and Mrs. J. Parker Lumpkin, II
North Caroliniana Society
Mark A. Pace
Town of Louisburg
Phyllis Bailey Whitaker
B. N. Williamson, III
John P. Williamson, Jr.
“Main Street, Looking North, Louisburg, N.C.,” ca. 1915–1930,
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